Senior Data Scientist — Healthcare ML & Optimization

Synapse Health; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth opportunities

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, vision, STD & LTD

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Synapse Health is seeking a Sr. Data Scientist to own and ship predictive models for DME operations. You will work across vendor matching, order routing, and supply chain optimization, collaborating with data engineering and product teams to deliver measurable impact.

You will leverage ML, causal ML, and RL techniques, communicate findings clearly, and help shape roadmaps in a fast-paced, startup healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field (CS, Statistics, DS, OR, or related)
• 4–7 years in data science
• Experience at an early-stage healthcare startup with claims data
• Strong foundation in predictive ML (classification, regression, forecasting)
• Proficiency in Python and SQL—production-quality code
• Familiar with the full SDLC and GitHub workflows (PRs, reviews)
• Track record shipping ML models into production with data engineering
• Ability to write clear technical documentation
• Strong verbal and written communication; able to present to diverse stakeholders
• Strong analytical and organizational skills; comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities

Responsibilities

• Own models end to end across vendor matching, route predictions, and supply chain optimization
• Develop components of confidence thresholds and decision logic for agentic AI
• Quantify impact of your work with real numbers
• Ship models end to end from experimentation to production with data engineering
• Apply predictive ML, causal ML, RL, or OR to well-scoped problems with senior support
• Write clear technical documentation for your work
• Participate in quarterly planning and align with roadmap priorities
• Stay flexible as scope expands into Revenue Cycle Management and Finance
• Operate effectively in a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment

Skills

Python

SQL

Predictive ML

Data Science

GitHub

Documentation

Communication

Reinforcement learning

Education

Master's degree in quantitative field

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Synapse Health is seeking a Sr. Data Scientist to own and ship predictive models for DME operations. You will work across vendor matching, order routing, and supply chain optimization, collaborating with data engineering and product teams to deliver measurable impact.

You will leverage ML, causal ML, and RL techniques, communicate findings clearly, and help shape roadmaps in a fast-paced, startup healthcare environment.